Laura Granger Blog # 5

In this article, " Let's Talk 2.0" by Michele Knobel and Dana Wilber, they talk about how technology is greatly impacting our schools. Teachers are starting to teach differently and incorporating technology into their lessons. The internet has become a major part of our every day lives and we are constantly using it to learn more, to be entertained, and for communication. Teachers can have whole lessons on the Smart Board and have students play games on computers to further their learning. One aspect that was brought up in the article was that "outside of school, many students are accomplished authors, filmmakers, animators, and recording artists" (21). This statement couldn't be any more true. The invention of You Tube literally makes people become famous over night. Everyone has the opportunity to get their opinions out and to be heard. It takes a minute to create a web cast and share your opinion about something going on. People will watch it and give you feedback and this creates an online community. People can write blogs sharing their experiences, writings, and photographs for the world to see are also very popular now.

Teachers can incorporate this into their lessons and give the students the most important a teacher can give to a student and that is creative control. Students are free to explore the internet and create new stories and ideas that sometimes can't be expressed with a pen and paper. Students can use graphics to make a story come alive. There are so many options out there now and it is going to be interesting to see how the next generation is going to take this to the next level.